Interior awning control



NOV. 2041923 1,474,505

' F. R. ASHLEY I INTERIOR AWNING CONTROL File'd Sept.

ago: 20 I i; i 5 I Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

UNITED sTaTiE;s

FRANK It. ASHLEY, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

INTERIOR AWNI1\TG CONTROL.

Application filed' September To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, F RANK R. ASHLEY, a itizen of the United States, and a residentof Denver, Denver County State of Coldrado, have invented an Improvement in Interior Awning Controls, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts. i

My present invention relates to awning operating devices, and more particularly to awning operating devices capable of operating awnings located'on the outside of a building or other structure from the inside of such building or other structure.

Heretofore it has been customary in operating awnings for the operating mechanism to be located on the outside of a building, or other structure, and such construction is objectionable in that it is capable of being tampered with by irresponsible persons, resulting in damage to the awnings'and danger to pedestrians as well as those persons tampering with them. here it has been attempted to operate the awnings from the interior of a building, it has been customary to do so by mechanism that includes complicatedgearing as well as projecting operating mechanism such as cranks, levers, or the like, and this'mechanism, particularly in the case of heavy awnings, such as, for example, awnings for ,store doors, windows, and the like, is necessarily so located as to be liable to interference with unauthorized persons, such as patrons of "a store, and while not necessarily causing injuries to such persons, the apparel of such persons is liable to be torn or splotched with grease tothe annoyance of the operator as well as the patrons.

In my improved invention I have endeavored to overcome defects existing in prior apparatus, and to this end have devised an operating mechanism for awnings by means of which awnings located on the outside of a building may be operatedby my improved mechanism located on the in terior of such building, and the awning,

either in its folded or open position, is securely locked against interference byun authorized persons and the mechanism employed in such structure is of a character that will not be interfered with or cause injury or annoyance to any person.

The principal object of my invention,

11, 1922; Serial Noe-587,316.

buildings by mechanism operated from the from the interior of a "building, the wall of which is shown in sectional elevation;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Y i

F ig.'3 is a sectional end elevation on the line,33 of Fig. 2; a i

F ig; 4 is an end view of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an end elevation of a the operating handle employed;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view on the line 6-6of Fig. 1. r

-Referring to the drawings, 10 designates portion of a Wall of a building or otherstructure, on

the outside of which is secured bearing blocks 11, but one of which is shownfto which bearing blocks is pivotally mounted a frame 12 to the outer end or reach of which is secured the lower end ofan awningl'13, the upper end of this awning 13 being secured to the wall 10at a point or' line beneath a water ledge'l l, and to the lower endof this awning 13 is sewed the usual awningfringe 15. Securedto the outer end of the frame 12 by collar 16 is one end of an operating rope or cord 17 which passes through a pulley 18 secured 'to the wall 10, this rope'or cord 17 then passing downwardly and: having its end secured in any suitable manner to a pulley 19, this pulley being secured by pin 20 to a shaft 21, which shaft is rotatably mountedin flan ed collars 22 and 23 secured respectively to't he outside and inside surface of the wall 10 by a plurality of screws 24. The interior of the flanges 22 and 23 are provided with threaded portions 25 and '26 respectively, which receive the internally threaded ends of a sleeve 27, this sleeve 27 being of a diameter to easily slip through an opening or perforation 28 in the wall 10. Rotatably mounted on the outer end of the shaft 21 and encircling the pulley 19 is a wire frame 29 having an eye formed at its upper end through which passes the operating cord or rope 17. Secured to the'shaft 21 by pins'29 are collars which abut against the ends of the portions25 and 26 of the flanges 22 and 23 respectively, andprevent longitudinal movement of such shaft in the flanges. The end of the shaft 21 on the interior of the wall 10 is milled at 31 to receive the non-circular end of a crank 32, and diametrically arranged on this inner e'nd'of the shaft for pivotal'movement therein are looking members 33. A spring 34 located in a passage in the end of theshaft 21 and within the confines of the flange 23 tends to force the free ends ofsuch locking members 33, as clearly shown in Figs. and 3. The interior of the flange 23 is provided with a plurality of radially arranged longitudinal slots 35 of sufficient width to allow sliding movement therein of the locking members 33, whereby the shaft 21, andtherefore the pulley 19, carried thereby, may be locked in any position in their rotation with respect to the flanges 22 and 23,

The operation of this embodiment of my invention is as follows, it being assumed that the apparatus is assembled as above described and as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, a, and Assuming that the awningis in the position shown in .Fig. 1 and that it is desired to move the same from such position to a closed position; that is, with the awning proper 13 folded up and with the frame 12 in .a position substantially parallel-with the wall 10,

the crank32'is forced onto the end of the shaft on the interior of the wall 10, this crank in its movement compressing the free ends of the locking members against the tension of the spring 34 until, when the crank 32 is fullypositioned on the interior of theend of saidshaft, said locking members 'are'fully withdrawn from the slots 33 with which they were in engagement there by 'allowing the operator to rotate the shaft.

21in the proper direction to wind up the rope or cordtl? onto the pu'lley 19 and move the outer orfree end of the frame 12 up into such position that the frame 12 will lie substantially parallel with the plate 10. \Vhen' in the desired position, the operator withdrawsthe crank 32 from the inner end of the V shaft 21, this movementallowing the spring 34 to expand and move the'i'inneri or free Y ends of the lockingmembers 33 into engage ment with'diametrically opposite grooves or slots 35. 1

It will be notedthat, by reference to Figs. '1 and 6-, a hollow member 36 is secured to the frame 12 at a point intermediate its ends, 7

this member 'beingprovided with a longitudinal slot 37 to receive a pin 38 secured to,

and extending outwardly'from, the lower end of a .bufling member 39 that is slidably mounted in the member 36, and between the lower end of this member 39 and the bottom of the member 36 is a coil spring 40 which tends to force the member 39 outward from the'said member 36. 'As the frame'12 is moved into a position substantially parallel with the wall 10, as above described, the

member 39, engaging with the wall 10, ,com- 7 presses the spring 40. This device is to insure that, when it is desired to lower'the awning from the position into which .itwas foldedto that shown in Fig. '1, a prelimi- V nary outward swinging movement of the frame 12 will take place simultaneously with the rotation of the shaft 21. I v V My invention is further described and de-v lined in the form of a claim as follows:

7 An improved mechanism for operating an awning from the interior of a buildingcomprising a pair of flanges spaced apart from each other, a plurality of locking notches on one of said flanges, a shaft rotatably mounted in said flanges, a plurality of locking fingers pivotally mounted on one end of said nism with an awning,

In testimony whereof, have name to this specification.

signed my;

RANK ansntnr, 

